Soap dish construction



March 11, 1947. EA. JQDOIN 2,417,365

H SOAP DISH- CONSTRUCTION Filed Mafch 13, 1945 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 11 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SQAP DISH CONSTRUCTION Edward A. .lodoin, Springfield, Mass.

Application March 13, 1945, Serial No. 582,514

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a soap dish construction.

The principal objects of the invention are directed to the provision of a novel soap dish construction wherein a cake of soap may be suspended on an angle upwardly of a receptacle so that water may drain from the soap more readily whereby the soap may dry out more or less.

In this way, the soap is always in a more desirable condition for use and the soap is not apt to become jellied, and the device i adapted for general use.

According to novel features of the invention, the soap dish consists of the support or back plate and a receptacle part which is removable therefrom with a rack preferably angularly disposed supported between receptacle and support when in assembled relation. The parts are readily assembled and disassembled to facilitate emptying of the receptacle and cleaning the various parts.

With the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fully described and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the soap dish construction embodying the novel features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the soap dish construction of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevational view on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the rack of the soap dish.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will be fully described.

A support or back plate 2 is provided which may be adapted for securing to a wall, ledge or the like. and for this purpose it may have the necessary openings for screws, hooks, or whatever it may be desired to employ.

A receptacle member 4 has side walls 6 which are connected by an upper wall 8 and a lower curving wall IE3.

A ledge l2 along the upper edge of the support 2 is provided with a groove which receives a bead M of the upper wall 8.

The lower edge of the support and the inner edge of the receptacle are provided with beads I6 and i8 arranged for interlocking with one another.

A rack it has transverse members 22 which are spaced apart and secured together by longitudinal members 22. The transverse members have offset portions intermediate their ends and the end portions 26 of the transverse members project upwardly from the plane thereof, all as shown in Fig. 3.

Bosses 36 are provided on the support 2 which have sockets 32 therein for receiving the ends of the rack members 22. The receptacle has bosses at which are provided with sockets 3G for receiving the extremities of the end portion 26 of the rack.

A rear wall 38 extends along the lower wall H] of the receptacle and it may abut the support 2.

The construction is such that the bead i l of the upper wall may be removed from the socket or groove provided in the plate or support 2 which will facilitate the disengagement of the beads IE and i3 so that the receptacle may be removed from the support and in that way the rack is free for removal.

The parts may be made of various materials but plastic will be found to be suitable since it is light in weight and more or less yieldable so that the upper and lower walls of the receptacle may be moved relative to one another sufiiciently to disengage the interlocking means holding the receptacle to the support.

Another advantage gained by the use of plastic is that the components of the construction may be any color as may be desired. That is, each element may be of a color different from the other so that various decorative effects may be obtained.

As will be observed in Fig. 3, the rack, when in place, is disposed on an angle so that a cake of soa may be supported thereby in a position to drain readily, while the lower wall of the receptacle being curved as it is, water flowing from the cake of soap is caught in the receptacle. The receptacle is readily removed from the plate or support to facilitate emptying of the water and the cleaning of the same and the rack.

The front of the receptacle being open as it is a cake of soap may be readily removed from and placed on the rack and when desired openings may be provided in the end walls for ventilation or ornamentation.

The lower wall curved as it is and particularly in combination with the wall 33 provide an efficient catch-all or sump for receiving water dripping from the soap supported by the rack in an inclined position.

The-invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely as being illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all modifications and variations as fall within the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appended claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: V

1. A soap dish construction comprising in combination, a support for disposition in a vertical plane, a member having upper, lower and side walls, releasable :engageable means associated with said upper and lower walls and the upper and lower edges of the support whereby said member may be releasably secured to said support, a rack supported by said support and member extending in an inclined relation from said support to said member, said walls providing an opening making said rack accessible, said rack including integral spaced transverse and longitudinal members.

2. A soap dish construction comprising in combination, a support for disposition in. a vertical plane, a member hailing upper, lower and side walls, releasable engageable means associated with said upper and lower walls and the upper and lower edges of the support whereby said member may be releasably secured to said support, a rack releasably supported by said support and extending in an inclined relation from said support to said member, said walls providing an opening making said rack accessible, said rack including integral spaced transverse and longitudinal members, and the said transverse members having offset portions intermediate their opposite ends with the end portions adjacent said lower wall extending upwardly from the plane of said members.

3. A soap dish construction comprising in combination, a support iordisposition in a vertical, plane, a member having upper, lower and side walls, releasable engageable means associated with said upper and lower walls and the upper and lower edges of the support whereby the member may be releasably secured to said support, a rack extending in an inclined relation from said support to said member, said walls providing an opening making said rack accessible, said rack including integral spaced, transverse and longi tudinal members, and the said transverse members having ofiset portions intermediate their opposite ends with the end portions adjacent said lower wall extending upwardly from the plane of said members, means on the support and member for releasably receiving opposite ends of the transverse members of the rack whereby said rack is released when the member is disconnected from the support.

4. A soap dish construction comprising in combination, a support member adapted to be supported in a vertical plane, a receptacle member having upper, lower and side walls arranged to provide an opening in the upper side thereof,

releasable engageable means associated with upper and lower portions of the support member and with the upper wall and the rear portion of the lower Wall of the receptacle member whereby said receptacle member may be releasably supported by said support member with the opening thereof uppermost, a rack member having spaced longitudinal members and spaced transverse members connected thereto with lower portions of the transverse members extending angularly upwardly and away from the main body portions thereof, means provided on the support member adjacent the upper portion'thereof and on the lower wall of the receptacle member adjacent the forward portion thereof in which the upper ends of the transverse members and extremities of the lower portions of said transverse members respectively are receivable, whereby the rack member is releasably supported by the support and receptacle members with the transverse members of the rack extending away and downwardly from the sup-port member in front of the opening in the receptacle member, all adapted and arranged whereby a cake of soap may be passed through the opening in the receptacle member onto the rack member and withdrawn therefrom. V

EDWARD A, JODOIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,169,292 Ruhl Aug 15, 

